iaku-iaku
kipori ia tasiapen
konuwak arwerew
kwanwekɨr
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Example: Flower attracts flying fox--hunters know this. Nut is edible, eat green, split fruit to obtain it. Raw, can also fry it in oil and dry in sun, keep 1-2 week to eat. Thios is an important food for the cyclone season. People prepare it when they know the cyclone is coming (emergency food).
Scientific name: Barringtonia racemosa, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kwekao
makhum
namatamai
namatamai
namatamai
nameyo
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Example: Only used for making lap-lap for kastom ceremonies
Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nanghervk
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Example: When this plant flowers, people hunt flying fox as they like to chew on this flower. When you see it in flower, people know that taro is ready to be harvested.
Scientific name: Geissois denhamii, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nanɨs
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Example: Planted along the coast and used for protection against storms.
Scientific name: Scaevola taccada, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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napesan
natɨmi
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Example: Stem used for sawn timber. Eat the nut inside the large fruit. To do this, peel skin off nut and eat raw.
Scientific name: Allophylus cobbe, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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neimeiraer
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Example: Leaf used to thatch house. Chew base of stem as sugar cane - it’s sweet.
Scientific name: Miscanthus sinensis, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nekaui reia
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Example: Hunting: The wood of the tree is used, as the body of a spear, to hunt fishes and turtles. To fashion the spear, an appropriate length of wood is cut, debarked, heated (to straighten) and then topped with an iron point. Note: Iaruman is the name of the male form of this plant. Prane is the female form of this plant.
Scientific name: Rapanea amischocarpa, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nekeimap
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Example: Ceremonial: During kava preparation, chewed kava roots are placed on the green leaves of this plant before extracting. One of many leaves used for this purpose.
Scientific name: Macropiper latifolium, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nikiskes
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Example: Hunting: Birds are attracted to this plant for their flowers. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt these birds.
Scientific name: Amyema aneityensis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nuah
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Example: When a person becomes the chief, he embodies this tree, as this tree is considered the chief of all plants and always helps the community.
Scientific name: Ficus glandifera, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nukune-nig
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Example: Roasted or boiled for eating
Scientific name: Xanthosoma sagittifolium or Alocacia macrorrhizos, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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numun
nurap
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Example: Wood from this tree is good for making house posts, as it is very strong. The wood is considered as excellent firewood. To restore energy when a person is tired, chew the leaf, swallow the juice, and spit out the leaf--it will make the person feel better.
Scientific name: Syzygium malaccense, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nurpiteu
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Example: 1. Goats and cattle eat the leaves. 2. Wood is used to carve blunt-end arrow heads to hunt pidgeons.
Scientific name: Geniostoma rupestre, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nɨmei raer
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Example: Leaf used to thatch house. Chew base of stem as sugar cane - it’s sweet.
Scientific name: Miscanthus sinensis, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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phumha tasiapen
pranawhi sei piak sarawihi
tafha
tikinao
trimian
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Example: People use this plant to soften the hair, by taking the roots and stem, pounding them with a stone, and squeezing the juice into the hair--it is said to make it very soft.
Scientific name: Nothocnide repanda, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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warakou
wipin pitew
yakuonapirawa
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Example: Young stems are used to support the roof of ther house. Use yellow sap for glue. Fruits and flowers eaten by flying fox. Same effect as poison tree, they do not fly correctly, often falling and can be harvested to eat.
Scientific name: Melicope latifolia, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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